Young entrepreneurs are always impressive, but Mihir Garimella is one that really strikes me. He made in on an 18 under 18 list for inspiring entrepreneurs and businesses owns. Mihir is currently a sophomore at Stanford has a passion for working with robotics. His mission is to create real impact. He has definitely accomplished this through his invention of the Firefly.
At the age of 17 Mihir designed The Firefly, a modified drone which is specifically designed for first-responders. It allows them to explore situations and disasters that could be dangerous and helps to find trapped survivors.
The Firefly is only one of Mihir’s creations. He has started work on projects that included self driving cars, adding scent to the movie theater experience, image processing that will help doctors with diagnosing patients, an app called Series which helps solve complex calculus problems using handwriting recognition and Citelt, a tool for writing correct bibliographies.
Mihir is a strong example of the left and right brain working cohesively and productively to create new and amazing things. I am excited to see the impact that will come from his hard work and passion.
This is really cool how he took his passion and used it to create a very helpful product. I’ve read articles about other young people starting up drone businesses, but this one is unique because it is direct towards first responders. This is a product that will definitely leave a lot of impact!
This so cool. I love seeing how people find ways to be helpful. In some situations I can see where this would be needed, especially after national disasters. I hope to see this become highly used product.